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Takanori Gomi

70″ reach · +2.95% reach advantage · 59th percentile

Takanori Gomi has a reach of 70″ against a height of 68″ — a reach advantage of +2.95%, above average for welterweight MMA and the 59th percentile of the 174 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+2.95%

70″ reach on a 68″ frame

Compared against 174 welterweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.

-2.7%welterweight MMA reach advantage8.6%
Measurements
Reach70″ (177.8 cm)5th pct
Height68″ (172.7 cm)5th pct
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionWelterweight MMA
competed at 3: featherweight, lightweight, welterweight — compared here against the last
Peak era2000s
CountryJapan

Record

MMA record

36–15

51 bouts on record

Finish rate

56%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 17th percentile

KO/TKO: 14 (39%)Submission: 6 (17%)Decision: 16 (44%)
  • KO/TKO 39%
  • Submission 17%
  • Decision 44%

The career, bout by bout

50 recorded bouts from 1998 to 2018. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

2000 2010 win vs Hiroshi Tsuruya (1998)win vs Johnny Eduardo (1999)win vs Takuya Kawabara (1999)win vs Stephen Palling (1999)win vs Takuya Kuwabara (1999)win vs Kazumichi Takada (1999)win vs Ryan Bow (2000)win vs Paul Rodriguez (2000)win vs Huanderson Pavao (2000)win vs Rumina Sato (2001)win vs Dokonjonosuke Mishima (2002)win vs Chris Brennan (2002)win vs Leonardo Santos (2002)loss vs B.J. Penn (2003)loss vs Joachim Hansen (2003)win vs Nick Ertl (2003)win vs Jens Pulver (2004)win vs Charles Bennett (2004)win vs Fábio Mello (2004)win vs Ralph Gracie (2004)win vs Jadyson Costa (2004)win vs Hayato Sakurai (2005)win vs Luiz Azeredo (2005)win vs Tatsuya Kawajiri (2005)win vs Jean Silva (2005)win vs Mitsuhiro Ishida (2006)win vs Marcus Aurélio (2006)win vs David Baron (2006)nc vs Nick Diaz (2007)loss vs Sergey Golyaev (2008)win vs Tae Hyun Bang (2008)win vs Duane Ludwig (2008)win vs Tony Hervey (2009)win vs Takashi Nakakura (2009)loss vs Satoru Kitaoka (2009)win vs Tyson Griffin (2010)loss vs Kenny Florian (2010)loss vs Nate Diaz (2011)loss vs Clay Guida (2011)win vs Mac Danzig (2012)win vs Eiji Mitsuoka (2012)loss vs Diego Sanchez (2013)loss vs Myles Jury (2014)win vs Isaac Vallie-Flagg (2014)loss vs Joe Lauzon (2015)loss vs Jim Miller (2016)loss vs Yusuke Yachi (2017)loss vs Dong Hyun Ma (2017)loss vs Jon Tuck (2017)win vs Melvin Guillard (2018)
winlossdraw / NC1998–2018

Career span

21y

1998–2018

Longest unbeaten run

13

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1999

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

50

50 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2018 W Melvin Guillard KO/TKO1
2017 L Yusuke Yachi Submission1
2017 L Dong Hyun Ma KO/TKO1
2017 L Jon Tuck Submission1
2016 L Jim Miller KO/TKO1
2015 L Joe Lauzon KO/TKO1
2014 L Myles Jury KO/TKO1
2014 W Isaac Vallie-Flagg Decision3
2013 L Diego Sanchez Decision3
2012 W Mac Danzig Decision3
2012 W Eiji Mitsuoka KO/TKO2
2011 L Nate Diaz Submission1
2011 L Clay Guida Submission2
2010 W Tyson Griffin KO/TKO1
2010 L Kenny Florian Submission3
2009 W Tony Hervey Decision5
2009 W Takashi Nakakura KO/TKO2
2009 L Satoru Kitaoka Submission1
2008 L Sergey Golyaev Decision3
2008 W Tae Hyun Bang Decision3
2008 W Duane Ludwig KO/TKO1
2007 N Nick Diaz 2
2006 W Mitsuhiro Ishida KO/TKO1
2006 W Marcus Aurélio Decision2
2006 W David Baron Submission1
2005 W Hayato Sakurai KO/TKO1
2005 W Luiz Azeredo Decision2
2005 W Tatsuya Kawajiri Submission1
2005 W Jean Silva Decision2
2004 W Jens Pulver KO/TKO1
2004 W Charles Bennett Submission1
2004 W Fábio Mello KO/TKO1
2004 W Ralph Gracie KO/TKO1
2004 W Jadyson Costa KO/TKO1
2003 L B.J. Penn Submission3
2003 L Joachim Hansen Decision3
2003 W Nick Ertl Submission1
2002 W Dokonjonosuke Mishima KO/TKO2
2002 W Chris Brennan Decision3
2002 W Leonardo Santos Decision3
2001 W Rumina Sato Decision3
2000 W Ryan Bow Decision3
2000 W Paul Rodriguez Decision3
2000 W Huanderson Pavao Decision3
1999 W Johnny Eduardo Submission3
1999 W Takuya Kawabara Decision3
1999 W Stephen Palling Submission1
1999 W Takuya Kuwabara Decision3
1999 W Kazumichi Takada KO/TKO2
1998 W Hiroshi Tsuruya Decision3

37 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 174 welterweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Takanori Gomi on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-19. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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